Nurse Specialist

1 day ago


Springfield, Illinois, United States Inova Full time
Job Title: Registered Nurse

At Inova, we're seeking a skilled Registered Nurse to join our team in the Infusion Center. As a key member of our healthcare team, you will play a vital role in ensuring the delivery of high-quality patient care.

Job Summary:

We are looking for a compassionate and experienced Registered Nurse to provide safe, quality, and comprehensive infusion services to oncology patients. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in infusion nursing and be able to work collaboratively with our multidisciplinary team to achieve desired patient outcomes.

Responsibilities:
  • Provides safe, quality, and comprehensive infusion services to oncology patients.
  • Oversees all aspects of direct patient care in accordance with established nursing protocols and physician orders.
  • Administers chemotherapy, IV fluids, and other infusions via peripheral intravenous lines, central venous lines, and other routes per physician orders and in compliance with departmental and professional practice standards.
  • Makes sound clinical decisions based on experience, individualized care plans, and patients' needs.
  • Promotes clinical decision-making development in all team members.
  • Delegates patient care activities and coordinates unit activities.
  • Evaluates processes to achieve desired outcomes.
  • Anticipates patient variances and makes revisions to plans of care.
  • Anticipates ethical, spiritual, and cultural patient/family needs while intervening to maximize desired patient outcomes.
  • Documents all patient care activities, as per documentation standards, and assists healthcare team members with documentation.
  • Assesses the severity of patient symptoms, communicates to physicians, records significant findings, and intervenes as appropriate.
  • Maintains a clean and safe working environment according to established department and Inova Health System standards.
  • Complies with all infection control, quality, and safety standards.
  • Develops and participates in educating patients and families at all stages of patients' treatment as well as after being released from chemotherapy treatment.
  • Assesses the educational needs of patients and families concerning alterations in health, the disease process, and the overall plan of care.
  • Plans and implements appropriate educational interventions.
  • Evaluates the effectiveness and outcomes of patient and family education.
  • Revises educational needs as appropriate throughout the care plan to ensure needs of patients/families are met.
  • Provides oncology care education to patients and families as appropriate.
  • Serves as a clinical resource, subject matter expert, and mentor to healthcare team members to guide and ensure quality/safe patient care.
  • Establishes and maintains the care coordination process between the Infusion Center and referring physician offices.
  • Collaborates with the multi-disciplinary team and incorporates their expertise to achieve desired patient outcomes and obtain appropriate resources for patients and families.
  • Participates in various committees and meetings as a representative of Oncology Services.
  • Participates in quality improvement initiatives to positively impact patient and department outcomes.
  • Evaluates the outcomes of documentation and contributes to related performance improvement initiatives.
  • Incorporates the outcomes of team or committee work into practice.
  • Integrates nursing research and findings into practice and performance improvement activities.
Requirements:
  • Certification: Basic Life Support from American Heart Association
  • Obtain the chemo card within the first three months of hire chemotherapy card from either the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) or the Association of Pediatric Hematology Oncology Nurses
  • Licensure: Registered Nurse Upon Start Licensed or eligible for licensure in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse
  • One year of infusion nursing experience for specialty area
  • Education: Bachelors Degree Nursing BSN or AD. If RN has an AD, Complete BSN within 5 years of start

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